Hot Docs partners with A24 on the 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense, Love Pets heads to The Roku Channel in Canada, and more.
The feature documentary follows the ups and downs of the Vancouver-based streetball collective The Notic.
Plus: Tamara Segura’s feature doc Seguridad will world bow in Miami, and LIFT announces the participants for its Expanding North program.
The film is written and directed by A Fire in the Cold Season filmmaker Justin Oakey.
The Minister will speak on the festival’s opening day on June 9.
The documentary on microplastics is making its world premiere at the Texas festival on March 9.
Filmmaker Deepa Mehta and producer David Hamilton discuss how making the documentary entirely from a smartphone was critical to telling Sirat Taneja’s story.
The funder will tap into the firm’s audience demand data to help inform its decision-making on concept funding, marketing and distribution.
The ACTRA National Woman of the Year honour has been awarded to members since 2010.
Laura Adkin’s drama feature will make its Canadian theatrical run later this month, followed by a U.S. release in June.
BlackBerry also earned a record-breaking 17 film nominations for the 12th annual Canadian TV, film and digital media awards.
Little Bird earned 19 nominations overall, followed by CBC comedies Sort Of and Workin’ Moms at 18 and 12, respectively.
The OSM/MFM Script Angel Feature Film Accelerator connects local writers with international mentors to develop a feature script.